2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	August 23, 2014 (heats & finals)
Competitors	22
Winning time	3:58.37
Medalists
Katie Ledecky   United States   Cierra Runge   United States   Lauren Boyle   New Zealand

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 23 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Chloe Sutton of United States.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	3:58.86	Irvine, United States	August 9, 2014
Pan Pacific Championships record	Janet Evans (USA)	4:04.53	Tokyo, Japan	August 19, 1989

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 23, at 10:47.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Katie Ledecky	United States	4:03.09	QA, CR
2	Cierra Runge	United States	4:06.73	QA
3	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	4:07.48	QA
4	Leah Smith	United States	4:07.77	QA
5	Becca Mann	United States	4:08.50	QA
5	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	4:08.64	QA
7	Bronte Barratt	Australia	4:09.30	QA
8	Alanna Bowles	Australia	4:09.53	QA
9	Brittany MacLean	Canada	4:09.75	QB
10	Jessica Ashwood	Australia	4:12.08	QB
11	Samantha Cleverton	Canada	4:14.44	QB
12	Aya Takano	Japan	4:14.63	QB
13	Chihi Igarashi	Japan	4:16.28	QB
14	Emma Robinson	New Zealand	4:16.63	QB
14	Yasuk Miyamoto	Japan	4:16.63	QB
16	Alyson Ackman	Canada	4:16.67	QB
17	Samantha Lucie-Smith	New Zealand	4:18.49
18	Tabitha Baumann	Canada	4:20.20
19	Miho Takahashi	Japan	4:21.09
20	Liu Yiru	China	4:22.99
21	Leonora Parmeleau	Canada	4:30.18
22	Hei Tung Cheng	Hong Kong	4:35.49

B Final

The B final was held on August 23, at 20:04.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Leah Smith	United States	4:06.91
10	Jessica Ashwood	Australia	4:10.14
11	Chihi Igarashi	Japan	4:13.72
12	Samantha Lucie-Smith	New Zealand	4:15.19
13	Emma Robinson	New Zealand	4:15.92
14	Aya Takano	Japan	4:16.07
15	Yasuk Miyamoto	Japan	4:16.38
16	Tabitha Baumann	Canada	4:23.47

A Final

The A final was held on August 23, at 20:04.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Katie Ledecky	United States	3:58.37	WR, CR
	Cierra Runge	United States	4:04.55
	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	4:05.33
4	Brittany MacLean	Canada	4:05.91
5	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	4:07.51
6	Bronte Barratt	Australia	4:10.40
7	Alanna Bowles	Australia	4:10.58
8	Samantha Cleverton	Canada	4:12.25